Governor Kate Brown during a Monday, July 13 press conference. Screenshot from OHA Youtube stream A plan by Governor Kate Brown to address continued demonstrations and civil unrest in the wake of the killing of a demonstrator in Portland is showing cracks less than 24 hours after it was released[Read More…]
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Governor Brown appoints Terri Davie as Oregon State Police superintendent
Terri Davie. Photo: OSP Beginning November 1, the Oregon State Police will have a new superintendent, Terri Davie, pending Oregon Senate confirmation. The move was announced Monday, August 31 by Governor Kate Brown, who appointed Davie to replace retiring OSP superintendent Travis Hampton, who officially submitted his letter of resignation[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: September 3 – 9, 1931
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek Cast of characters –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma,[Read More…]
Hillsboro hunter killed by elk in Tillamook County
The elk that killed Mark David. Photo: OSP A Hillsboro man has died after an elk he wounded while bow hunting gored him to death. According to the Oregon State Police, Mark David, 66, was hunting on private property in the area of Trask Road in Tillamook County on Saturday,[Read More…]
Fact check: No, property and building that housed Coleman’s 9N Shady Rest has not sold
Coleman’s 9N Shady Rest. Photo: Chas Hundley Rumors have swirled recently that the building housing the former Coleman’s 9N Shady Rest was sold to a Forest Grove-based restaurant, but the owner of the property and former restaurant says that simply isn’t so. “It is for sale, but we have not[Read More…]
Sheriff’s office seeks public assistance in Saturday Cornelius shooting
Jordan Curry Brown mugshot from an April 2019 arrest. Photo: WCSO UPDATE: According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Brown turned himself in to deputies Sunday night. He was booked into the Washington County Jail on charges of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Attempted Assault in the First Degree,[Read More…]
Washington County Sheriff’s Office seeks armed kidnapping suspects
Left: Nicholas San Nicolas, Right: The stolen Nissan. Photo: WCSO The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking two suspects after an alleged armed kidnapping in Aloha Thursday afternoon left one person in the hospital with injuries that are not life threatening, according to the Sheriff’s Office. In a press release,[Read More…]
Column | The Diaries of Esther Lilly Hundley: August 27 – September 2, 1931
The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek Cast of characters –Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband. –Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles’ firstborn and his wife. –Ted and Thelma,[Read More…]
No school reopening until significant coronavirus drop, governor says
A temporary school marking on Old Wilson River Road in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley Until the state sees a rapid decline in the spread of COVID-19, students won’t see the inside of a classroom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown said during a Friday morning press conference. According to the Oregon[Read More…]
State of emergency declared in Oregon over wildfire risk
A field fire across from Balm Grove Loop on Gales Creek Road on Tuesday, August 18. Photo: Ricci Oberg OREGON – Citing imminent wildfire threats, Governor Kate Brown declared a state of emergency on Wednesday afternoon for the entire state of Oregon, a move that allows the Oregon Department of[Read More…]